Garment-supporter.



R. ZIMMERMANN.

' GARMENT SUPPORTK-IR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR I, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD ZIMMERMANN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4., 1909.

Application filed March 7, 1908. Serial No. 419,626.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lgnown that I, RICHARD ZnuMEie- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and nomical in construction and eIicient in its operation.

In devices of this character, heretofore it has been the common practiceto provide a flexible member adapted to encircle the body or limb of thewearer, and to provide a single pendent flexible member provided with asingle fastener.

One of the special objects of this invention is to provide an improvedgarment supporter having two flexible pendent members, each providedwith fasteners whereby the hose or other garment may be more securelyheld in the desired position.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide an improved form ofclasp or retainer to,

be used in conjunction with a flexible garmerit supporter of the classdescribed. To the attainment of these ends and-the accomplishment ofother new and useful objects which will be apparent, the inventionconsists of the features of novelty described in the followimspecification, pointed out more particularly in the appended. claims,and shown in the accompanying drawing.

In the said. drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig;2 is a view of the device in position for use on the limb of the wearer.Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of thepreferred form of clasp orretainer through which the ends of the ilcxible memher is passed informing the loop for encircling the body or limb of the wearer. Fig. 4is a sectional 'VlCW on line l"4.-of Fig. 3. .l ig.

5 is a detail view showing a modified form of clasp or retainer whichmay be used instead of the preferred form illustrated in F 3.

The device is constructed from a continuous flexible member 10, which ispreferably elastic, and of a single piece of material although notnecessarily so. A loop dcsigned to encircle the limb or body of the.wearer is formed in the strip 10 by assing the ends thereof throu h asuitable .'c asp or retainer, the preferred .ormof which is desig: natcdin the drawings by the reference charactor 11. The folds of the member10 pass through this retainer or clasp loosely so that the loop isreadilyadjustable while in pee, and the free ends 10 and 10 of theflexible member 10 are allowed to depend from the clasp or retainer 11and are provided at their extremities with suitable garment fasteners12. These fasteners may be of the form illustrated in the drawing, or ofany desired construction, andsince thcy'form no part of thepresent'mvention, no further description of t e form herein shown isdeemed necessary. These depending ends 10 and 10", having thegarment-fasteners at their extremities, are preferably adjusted in useto diverge as they extend downwardly, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,in order that the garment fastenerscn their extremities may be insertedon the garment to be held at some distance apart from. each other,thereby so curing the garment very firmly in the desired position andfurnishing a much more secure means of fastening the same than that onthe ordinary form of device of this character,

in which only a sin le fastener is employed. Since the folds of theflexible memberpass somewhat loosely through the apertures 11 and 11 inthe clasp or retainer, it will be seen that any tensions or strainscoming upon the depending ends which support the garment areimmediately,communicated. to the por-' tion encircling the limb or bodyof the wearer, and tend to tighten the loop, thereby insuring that theloop will be fetamedin its desired position and so furnish a securesupport for the garment,- v

W'hilc the form of olas or retainer 11 shown in detail in Fig. 3 is t epreferred form and consistsyas will be seen, ofthe two ring" members saccd a sufficient distance apart to allow tic flexible member to Passbe' tween them and is joined together at 11, yet it will be apparentthat many modifications of this member may be provided tdtake theplaccof this part without detracting from the purpose or spirit of theinvention. For example, a simple form of such modified clasp or retaineris shown in Fig. 5, consisting of a single ring 13 'of any suitablematerial. This form in operation performs the withno means for retainingit on the flexible member when the device is not in use, which permitsof its being readily disengaged or lost off the device, which undercertain conditions may be objectionable.

What I claim is:

1. A garment supporter comprising a continuous flexible member, aretainer through which the ends of the flexible member are looselypassed to form an adjustable loop beyond the retainer, and means on thefree ends of the flexible member for securing them to the garment 2. Agarment supportercomprising a continuous flexible elastic member, aretainer through which the ends of the flexible elastic member areloosely passed to form an adjustable loop beyond the retainer, and meanson the free ends of the flexible member for securing them to thegarment.

3. A garment supporter comprising a continuous flexible member, suitablegarment fasteners on the endsof the flexible member,

and a ring through which a fold of the flexible member is passed toprovide a loop beyond the retainer and adapted to encircle the body orlimb of the wearer.

4. In a garment supporter in combination,

-a flexible member provided at each free end thereof with suitablegarment fasteners, and a retainer through whiel'i a fold of the saidflexible member is passed whereby an adjustable loop is formed in saidflexible memher, said retainer comprising two spaced annular members andsuitable means for connecting said annular members together onapproximately diametrically opposite portions thereof whereby spacesbetween said annular members are formed to retain the folds of theflexible member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 3rd day of March A. D.1908.

RIOHAR l) ZHIM LRLJANN.

i i' itnesses A. LISPRINKIIE, M. XV. CANrwnLL.

